Minister's name used to defraud

Minister's name used to defraud

JAKARTA (JP): City police investigators will soon summon the
executive of a private firm believed to have cheated a local
entrepreneur.

Mohammad A. Tabrani, the executive, introduced himself to
Nova, the entrepreneur, as a son-in-law of Coordinating Minister
of Politics and Security Affairs Soesilo Soedarman.

Minister Soesilo, through his spokesman, Col. Maman Sulaiman,
informed City Police Force spokesman Lt. Col. Bambang Haryoko
yesterday that he wants police investigators to thoroughly
investigate the suspect.

Maman also said that Tabrani has no relationship to the
minister at all.

Tabrani, president director of PT W.H., will be questioned
concerning charges that he is holding land documents belonging to
Nova. She decided to hand over the certificates to him when he
promised to help her get a Rp 100 million (US$44,700) loan from a
private bank.

Nova said in her complaint to the police that she trusted
Tabrani after he explained that he was Minister Soesilo's son-in-
law.

"We'll process the case as soon as possible," the police
spokesman said. (bsr)